I Miss Papelbon

Sometimes the offense just isn’t there, and that’s when the pitchers have to slip into the big-boy pants and shut the other team down. Easier said than done when your team doesn’t have a real closer. Aceves turned a Lester win into his own 6th loss and 4th blown save. Say what you want about Papelbon, the Sox would be in a much better place with him pitching the ninth.

As for the bats, what the hell is going on? That’s the fourth straight game where the Sox have scored two runs or less. Now they are in the ugly position of needing today’s win to salvage the series and stay out of their old stomping grounds; last place. This on the heels of a split with lowly Seattle. It all seems to add up to a short season.

In spite of the fact that it has rained here the last two days, there is still an "use extreme caution when using fireworks" ban over here. Combine that with the 101 degree heat, and outside is a fool's run right now.

Here's my solution for the Red Sox: first, fire the medical staff that is seemingly run by Dr. Mengele, Dr. Burns, Dr. Murphy, or Dr. Phil. Seriously, why the fuck do we have $500,000,000 on the DL? That money could've been used for something good, like bombing France, or French Canada. Second, bring Bard up, move him into the closers role until Bailey is back, and put Aceves back into the long relief role that he thrives in. Third, get rid of a couple of the clubhouse cancers like say, John Lacky. Forth, stop trading our best prospects for useless fucks. Let's try keeping a few of them, see if we can't win a World Series like the last two times that we did.